>> good morning, everyone. it is wednesday, february 1st. i'm gretchen carlson. thanks so much for sharing your time with us today. mitt romney delivers a huge hit in florida pushing newt gingrich out of the way and taking the fight right to the white house. >> three years ago this week, a newly elected president obama faced the american people and he said look, if i can't turn this economy around in three years, i'll be looking at a one term proposition and we're here to collect! >> so can mitt romney take this wave all the way now? a look at who actually voted for him coming up. >> and looked like we're going to hear from newt right there. we'll hear from him in a moment. newt gingrich not going down. he's fighting back with a

one-two punch on mitt romney and president obama. >> i'm not going to compete with obama in singing because i'm not running for entertainer-in-chief, i'm running for president! >> one problem, he's not on all the ballots in the states coming up. what that means going forward. >> all right. we've got your first look at a real game changer. a preview of the sarah palin movie moments from now. it is really intriguing. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> welcome, everyone. if you were joining us the first hour, thank you very much. and now we're on for the next three hours as well. 6:00 to 9:00 a.m. eastern time, big night in florida last night for mitt romney as he won in double digits over newt gingrich. 46% to 32% as many of the polls had been showing in the last couple of days. >> well, listen, the difference

10 days makes. it was a short time ago, we were talking about a double digit victory for newt gingrich. not much of a surprise, though, because mitt romney was ahead in at least six major polls going into voting day. let's look at the delegate count right now and also realize that you need 1,144 and we've just gotten started, kids. mitt romney has 87 and newt gingrich has 26. rick santorum 14 and ron paul 11. last night was 50, winner take all. >> and the important thing about florida and the victory for mitt romney is keep in mind florida is the most important swing state in the united states. sorry, ohio! >> yeah, ohio, you're number two but florida number one and mitt romney in command last night as he accepted the win down there in florida, he talked about the president of the united states and his leadership getting us to this point in this lousy economy. >> three years ago this week, a

newly elected president obama faced the american people and he said look, if i can't turn this economy around in three years, i'll be looking at a one term proposition and we're here to collect. >> 35 months of unemployment above 8%. and under this president, more americans have lost their jobs and more home foreclosures have occurred than urged the administration of any other president in history. the president actually said these words. he says "let's remember now how we got here." don't worry, mr. president. we remember exactly how we got here. you won the election! leadership is about taking responsibility, not making excuses. in another era of american crisis, thomas payne is reported to have said, lead, follow or get out of the way. well, mr. president, you were elected to lead. you chose to follow. and now it's time for you to get out of the way. >> so it was a very

electrifying speech. both mitt romney's and newt gingrich's speech attacked president obama. will both of these candidates continue to attack the president and not one another because many people believe that has been detrimental to do that. their negatives have both risen as a result. other interesting fact is this is the first time in history that the person who won the south carolina primary did not win in modern history at least florida. that's another interesting note. >> one -- and brian had a great guest on in the first hour, he made a terrific point. you know, and so much is being made today and last night about how much money that mitt romney was able to spend on negative ads and his super pac and what not. at the end of the day, he spent a lot of money in south carolina as well. he, brian's analysts felt that it really was mitt romney's performance in those two florida debates. he took the fight directly to newt gingrich and then suddenly, a lot of floridians who had thought well, newt gingrich is

the guy who can take it directly to barack obama if they're on the same stage, they realized wait a minute, mitt romney can do exactly the same thing and in your analysis estimation, that was one of the things that really put him over the top. >> as gretchen would verify, the analyst doesn't have the chance to make his point if i don't ask a good question. i deserve some credit for bringing out the great -- >> absolutely. for leading the witness. >> thank you. meanwhile, mitt romney is going to get something herman cain got about two months ago and that was until he dropped out of the race. that secret service protection and i guess they say it doesn't stop because he's leading. they just have evaluated it that way and are starting to give him some secret service protection. >> and the campaign requested it and he gets it later today. >> meanwhile, newt gingrich says he's going to keep going. i thought this was wrong. i thought it was tradition to call up the guy who won and say congratulations. let's move forward. mitt romney referred to making the phone call in south carolina. but newt gingrich did not do that. one reference to mitt romney but gretchen, in the big picture, i thought he nailed this speech. >> this was quintessential newt

and going back to the debates in florida, i think that if newt was going to go back and look at his campaign, that those -- that was the game changing point for him is not performing like he did in the south carolina debates. but he says he's moving forward because he believes he's going to get a lot of the delegates on super tuesday which is march 6th but the one problem is he's not on the ballot in some of the other states after that point in time. he says, though, it's still 46 states to go. listen to this. >> a number of folks are holding up a sign about 46 states to go. we did this in part for the elite media because, you know, the same people who said i was dead in june and july and said i was gone after iowa was seen totally quiet the night of the south carolina victory are now back saying what's he going to do? what's he going to do? i want to reassure them tonight. we are going to contest every place and we are going to win and we'll be in tampa as the

nominee in august. >> newt! newt! newt! newt! >> so 46 states to go even though he's probably only going to be able to compete in a maximum of 44. >> nevada is going to be extremely uphill. maine is going to be a caucus and colorado is, perhaps, and minnesota is, perhaps, some place where he can make some noise. >> interesting thing is that he's still ahead in the national polls. i mean, that's the one feather in his cap. at least today. i don't know after the victory in florida if that will change it. he also said last night that he's coming at this with the power of ideas that he's got a new manifesto up his sleeve for the coming days. he's a guy of many ideas. so stay tuned to exactly what that manifesto might be. >> all right. meanwhile, let's talk a little bit about the lessons learned from florida. first of all, you could absolutely say that negative ads worked. we all hate to see them, we

think they're bad but at the same time, they tell us a lot of what's going on with the other candidates. 92% say that the negative ads -- 92% of the ads in florida were negative and clearly they worked. >> i think that's a sad commentary on where we've come politically. 92% of the ads, 92% of the ads are negative! i don't know, folks. i know you guys are going to defend them and you're going to say it's free speech. i'd like to live in a world where it doesn't have to come down to getting that dirty. people say that's politics and you're being naive, gretchen and bla, bla, bla, bla. i find it disconcerting that 92% of the ads in florida and for that matter every other state have gone negative. >> 92% of the ads negative in florida but you got to figure there's a possibility that 100% of the ads from barack obama on the republican could be negative as well. it builds up. >> i don't agree with that. maybe. i don't know. it's a sad commentary on where

we've come politically. >> they feel as though you have to contrast yourself with the guy running against you and when you stay above the fray, you get slammed like newt gingrich did in iowa and like mitt romney did in south carolina. but i have a sense that rick santorum has got it right. rick santorum essentially is staying above that. the personal attacks, focusing on the president and is actually casually saying to newt gingrich why don't you step aside? that's as negative as he gets. he waits for debates to attack. >> attorney general eric holder back in the fast & furious hot seat and facing possible contempt of congress charges. republican darrell issa, the house of the oversight committee saying he's tired for waiting for holder to comply with numerous documents relating to fast & furious. issa sent holder a letter giving him until february 9th to turn over his records or he'll face contempt charges. new video of the wikileaks founder julian assange arriving at britain's supreme court this

morning. he's fighting extradition to sweden where he's charged of sexually assaulting two women. the hearing is expected to last two days. assange's lawyers are afraid if he's sent to sweden, he will be sent to the united states where he could face charges for leaking thousands of classified u.s. documents that put our troops in danger. and new for you overnight, take a look at this. this is all that's left after a 40 foot boat exploded at a marina in washington state. the blast was so strong, it actually sank the boat. a 78-year-old man was on board at the time. two other people sprang into action and helped rescue that man. he suffered burns and a few fractures. no word yet of what caused the boat to explode. it's been eagerly anticipated for months and now we're getting a sneak peek at hbo's "game change" the movie about sarah palin's run as vice president. > >> you have to call her now. >> this is sarah.

>> ♪ american woman >> the difference between hockey mom and a pitbull? the stick. >> cnn has it even with obama. >> we can really win this thing. >> i'm not sure how much she knows about foreign policy. >> we can actually see russia from land here in alaska. >> oh, my god. what have we done? >> it wasn't my fault. i wasn't properly prepped. >> well, florida may -- this is the tease coming up. yeah, i don't know if that -- >> she looks just like her! >> i think so. all i can think of is where's tina fey? >> i think she actually looks better than tina fey. >> i think so, too. and ed harris looks a lot like john mccain. >> well, i already know that, i guess sarah palin won't be pleased by this. she couldn't be pleased with the "game change" book and this is what it's based on. >> the race is far from over. what happens next? former presidential advisor dick morris lays it out.

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>> all right. quarter after the top of the hour on this wednesday morning. we have headlines for you. facebook expected to file paperwork this morning for a $5 billion initial public offering. an ipo. reports say the company has picked morgan stanley and four other book runners to handle the ipo. it is expected to be the largest ever to emerge from silicon valley and make the people behind facebook very, very rich like that kid. maybe. and a type of bacteria that cannot be killed by even the most powerful antibiotics found

in 37 states, mostly hospitals and nursing homes. it often grows on medical equipment so hospitals are taking precautions to make sure it doesn't spread. nonetheless, it's something else to worry about. and that's a quick look at your headlines on this wednesday. >> i have a g.m. car and this story pains me. someone else start it. go ahead. >> of a g.m. car, too. somebody else start. >> you have a g.m., too? >> gmc, close enough. i have a yukon. >> not an amc. >> we all know that g.m. which some have referred to now as government motors got bailed out to the tune of $50 billion. well, when it comes time -- and keep in mind, the federal government still owns more than a quarter of g.m. when it came time for general motors to figure out who would do their media buying, did they give the account to an agency on madison avenue? no, they gave it to a firm from

the united kingdom. >> so apparently, that has a lot of people upset because now, part of your taxpayer dollars are going into make sure that this company continues to run so should they have given the advertising dollars a huge account to an american firm? well, that is the complaint this morning, that they decided to hand it overseas. just like a lot of jobs that continue to go overseas. >> i just can't believe in a land that gives you madison avenue or two blocks from here, general motors who got $50 billion from the taxpayers couldn't find an agency that mirrored their views and hopes and dreams to the tune of -- this is no small account. $3 billion they spent in global advertising. you don't think that would help the economy in this country and in this state in particular. >> and on the same day that this news comes out, the president of the united states was at the auto show in washington, d.c. saying hey, crisis averted. listen. >> u.s. auto industry is back. the fact that g.m. is back

number one, i think shows the kind of turn around that's possible when it comes to american manufacturing and good to remember that the fact there were some folks that won't let this industry die, because of folks coming together, we are now back -- back in a place where we can compete with any car company in the world. >> well, the federal treasury has still lost more than $23 billion on this deal. >> for jon corzine, that's even a lot of money. >> it is. general motors' stock currently trading at $24 a share which is below the $53 a share needed for the united states to recoup our money on the investment we made. and yet, g.m. given their business to england. way to go. >> all right. coming up on our show, dick morris is going to be here. mostly every poll says mitt romney is the one to beat president obama but wait, should we count newt out? >> plus, don't mess with this

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>> 22 minutes after the top of the hour. another $1 trillion deficit. that's the fourth straight year according to a new report from the congressional budget office. soon just paying the interest on

the debt will cost as much as funding medicaid. the president's own cbo director says deficits under mr. obama the largest in history. >> under current law, we expect that this year's deficit will be about $1.1 trillion. at 7% of gdp, that is nearly two percentage points less than the deficit recorded last year. but still larger than any deficit between 1947 and 2008. >> and with the economy weakened, the cbo also warns that allowing the bush tax cuts to expire will taint future growth. that's a lot for stuart varney to handle but he's here and he's good at it. give me your analysis of what you got out of this report. >> well, i read the report and as i was reading it, i was thinking, this makes america look more and more like europe. massive debt four years in a row, we've had a trillion dollar deficit. rising unemployment. they're looking for 8.9%

unemployment this year. that's extremely high. and massive cost of interest on all the debt that we're running up. it will be $9 billion a week in interest payments. that's what's right now. it will be $10 billion a week by the election. it just looks and feels like europe because that's exactly what they've got over there. that's what we've got over here. and the future looks like we're going to get more of europe over here. >> so the bush tax cuts factor into this because within this report, they say that if you get rid of them, you actually can bring down the deficit but what does it do to economic growth in the country? >> it really hurts the economy. this cbo, they put a variety of scenarios. one of the scenarios is you do away with all the bush tax cuts. if you do that, yes, you get the deficit down to about $600 billion a year. down to $600 billion a year. but you mess up the economy.

you reduce growth to 1%. and you get 9% unemployment. so ok, you get rid of the bush tax cuts. you'll lower that deficit but you crack -- you don't crash the economy. you really hurt the economy badly. >> so how does this administration spin away from the deficit talk? i got to be honest, it hasn't really come up on the republican side that much. >> right. >> do you think this talk will come up in the debates when we actually have a republican nominee against president obama? can he spin away from it? >> i don't think the president can spin away from it because these numbers are hard dollar numbers and everybody can relate to $10 billion worth of interest payments each and every week. ordinary people can relate to that. so i think it will be very difficult for the president to spin away from it. will it become a major issue in the election? yes, i think it will be. debt was a primary issue in november of 2010 with the republican sweep. the debt, the downgrade of our debt, a major issue in august of last year when we were downgraded and $10 billion a week in interest payments alone

and another trillion dollar deficit, i think that will surface in november. >> i find it interesting that it doesn't seem to be in the forefront of the discussion anymore. >> because the republicans are fighting each other over personality. i mean, when we get to the final two, i think debt surfaces big time. >> we'll be watching you on the fox business network 9:20 a.m. you can catch "varney & company." good to see you. >> thanks. >> we know you didn't see this last night. newt's sunshine state headquarters but wait, what's that in the background? president reagan looking on? don't miss what happens when we zoom in on this picture. and speaking of pictures, we could soon see the photos of a dead usama bin laden? weren't those supposed to stay sealed to avoid revenge attacks? what changed on that front? first, happy birthday to verne troyer. he's 43.

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gingrich at his campaign headquarters in lakeland, florida, touching that man's shoulder. what's that against the back wall? take a closer look. a cardboard cutout of ronald reagan with a sticker that says "i support newt." >> there you go. i guess it's official. >> yeah, it seems fine. >> i'll tell you what, newt gingrich, if everyone said ok, he's done for now. forget it. if you watch that speech and listen to the strategist, he'll continue from here on in. >> he's got a lot of money we heard yesterday. >> $5 million i think from january. that was his campaign money. not his super pac money. remains to be seen if that wealthy donor from las vegas continues to give him money for that. >> we asked him yesterday. didn't answer. >> sheldon attleson in las vegas. >> romney took the state of florida and it's 50 delegates, winner take all state with a 15 point lead over gingrich. santorum came in third, ron paul in fourth and our own phil keating is up bright and early again for us this morning live in tampa. hey, phil. >> good morning.

yeah, strong 14-point victory for mitt romney. a great comeback for him after the big upset in south carolina by newt gingrich but it was not to be had two times in a row for gingrich here in florida. and the lesson for everybody around the country and florida represents a lot of the country when it comes to demographics, politics, ethnicity, a lot of money, millions and millions of dollars and a carpet bombing of negative tv attack ads can win an election. mitt romney and the pac supporting romney spent about $20 million, much of it over the past 10 days bombarding newt gingrich for being a house speaker who resigned in disgrace. gingrich could not match that by far being upset about 4 or 5 to 1. mitt romney last night, that speech was really a speech to the entire country. it was as if he was already assuming the mantle of the republican nomination in late august here in tampa. here is romney and he had a

message for the president. >> as this primary unfolds, our opponents in the other party have been watching. and they like to comfort themselves with the thought that a competitive campaign will leave us divided and weak. but i've got news for them. a competitive primary does not divide us. it prepares us and we will win. >> as for the number two, newt gingrich, he gave his speech about 40 minutes after mitt romney's celebratory speech. and it was not a speech of thank you and conciliatory nature. this was a speech of victory on gingrich's part as well vowing he is staying in this race all the way until the convention in august saying there are still 46 states left to go. he's going to fight all the way through it. and he will be the republican nominee. >> if you will tell all of your friends in the other 46 states that there is a chance to

nominate a conservative who knows what he's doing, who has done it before, and who has the courage and the determination to get it done. i promise you that if i become your president, i pledge to you my life, my fortune, and my sacred honor. this is about america. thank you! >> the republican candidates all now mobilized to nevada, vegas and as well as maine. they have caucuses beginning on saturday. after that, missouri, minnesota and colorado. look at these statistics, though, from fox news exit polling. romney's strengths yesterday amongst republican voters, he won 51% of the married vote of women. 51% of the seniors vote. 48% of those saying they're republicans. 41% of those self-identified as conservatives. those voters who said the economy is the number one issue, this is how those voters cast their ballots.

52% for romney. 30% for gingrich. 11% for santorum. 6% for paul. and understand this question -- who -- which candidate best understands the problems of average americans? romney only getting 34%. a little closer to gingrich's 27%. santorum, 19%. and paul at 12%. so romney across the board besting out newt gingrich here in florida. this was a very expensive race. it was just 10 days ago that he surprisingly lost in the last couple of days south carolina but a big rebound for mitt romney as we head forward here but because of the rnc's punishment of florida having its primary earlier than it was supposed to, the delegate count was chopped in half. only 50. so when you think of all the other states that do proportional delegates, this is how santorum and gingrich think they can still stay in the game if they pull off enough votes in the other states that are not winner take all.

>> great analysis. phil keating reporting live from tampa bay. out of curiousity, which ship is over your shoulder there on tampa bay? >> this -- last weekend, they had the big festival that they have every year. and this is the replica ship of the famous spanish pirate named jose gaspar and, you know, it's -- >> a pirate ship. good to know. >> i thought it was the santa maria. >> another port. >> 24 minutes before the top of the hour. >> big development overnight, the usama bin laden death photos and videos may be released to the public soon. the group judicial watch just sued the justice department for access to the images. there are at least 52 pictures including bin laden shot in the head. the c.i.a. fears releasing the photos could trigger violence and revenge on the united states of america. >> new york, cardinal designate

timothy dolan joining others across the country denouncing president obama's health care policy forcing agencies to provide contraception to their employees. >> never before has the federal government forced individuals and organizations to go out into the marketplace and buy a product that violates their conscience. this shouldn't happen in a land where free exercise of religion ranks first in the bill of rights. how about letting our elected leaders know that we want religious liberty and rights of conscience restored? and the administration's mandate rescinded. we can't afford to strike out on this one! >> white house spokesperson jay carney defends the policy saying it strikes an appropriate balance between respecting religious beliefs and increasing access to contraception. brian? >> one would be burglar picking the wrong apartment to break into. how do i know that? meet colten bond, he's a trained boxer. that's right, he's been doing the sport for seven years. the 19-year-old got up in the middle of the night for a drink

of water so find a stranger inside his home! vaughn says the guy came at him but he quickly sprung into the boxing mode. >> you i hit him. he dropped on the ground. i proceeded to hit him a few times. he dove over the couch here. >> oh, man. the intruder did not give up. he ran for the balcony. vaughn chased him and threw him right off. when he and his brother ran downstairs to find him, the intruder was gone. >> really? wow. you would think he would have been hurt in that. >> second floor. >> good story. >> meanwhile, critics are calling on career builder to sack its "controversial super bowl commercial." this one. >> you want me to go to newark? no, they're all business. >> the music from "the odd couple" isn't that, brian? i believe so. your favorite -- >> the chimps who appear in business suits portray workers who commit pranks behind their

colleague's back. the ad then suggests one way to avoid the back stabbing is by using career builder for a new job. well, who is complaining? peta, the animal rights group. they say this is unethical and chimps "strong family bonds are severed when they are used as actors." career builder, however, insist the strict guidelines were followed and the chimpanzees were treated fairly and humanely and the ad will air despite the protest from peta. >> it looks funny. >> and probably will get more attention now that everybody is talking about it. speaking of football -- >> chance to have fun. looks like they're having fun. you think you're a big football fan? how about the thousands of fans paying to be a part of media day for the super bowl? it was a first for this year. yeah, media day. for the nfl, they charged fans $25 to get into lucas oil stadium. and watch from the stands as the interviews took place. they even got radios to listen as reporters interviewed players and coaches.

how many fans showed up? more than 7,000. the league is considering a similar setup for the scouting combine later this month. that sport gets bigger and bigger. peyton manning led the colts to a super bowl tie. now as the football world gathers in indianapolis for this year's super bowl, the question remains and is overwhelming the game. will manning, perhaps the greatest quarterback ever, return to the colts next season? the superstar is telling espn his recovery is on track. and that he could play football next year but he says he hasn't discussed it yet with the colts owner jim ursay if he'll be back in indianapolis. he missed the entire year with a neck injury. he's due to make $28 million in march or become a free agent. he said he'll talk about it at the appropriate time. aaron rodgers calling some of his teammates in the pro bowl embarrassments. rodgers saying it looked like some of the nfc players didn't want to play or put in any

effort. he played the entire first quarter before the saints quarterback took over. the afc beat the nfc 59-41. they shouldn't play the game anymore. it should be an honor. >> let me ask you this, if you're selected to play in pro bowl, why wouldn't you give it your all? >> because it's an exhibition game with nothing on the line. could be a career ending injury. the problem is unlike over sports, you cannot play football half speed. you could get killed. so therefore, they don't block, they don't have plays and they don't try to defend passes. i didn't know why they have it. >> tradition. >> all right. >> speak of football -- >> i'll be heading out to the big game after the show tomorrow. and i'll be live in indianapolis starting on friday and then saturday and sunday and then recap on monday. we got a huge line-up of guests which includes bob kraft, howie long will be there. i know that's special for him that he would show up. he'll have to make a special trip for that. >> yeah, maybe via satellite. >> and joe montana amongst our

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>> quick headlines for you. a former oregon state senator winning the special election to replace disgraced democratic congressman david wu. you'll recall that wu resigned last summer after this picture surfaced of him in a tigger costume. he's also accused of forcing himself on a young woman. he's out and she's in. the new person to take his place. and two victorian homes from the late 1800's for sale in riverside california. the price is $1 a piece. the catch, buyers have to fix them up and then move them to a historic district at a cost of about $1.5 million. all right. brian, gretch? >> brand new threats we haven't heard before. the head of our national intelligence says iran is ready to attack on our soil. it all came out during a threat assessment hearing on capitol hill. >> and chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge has all the details for us. >> steve, gretchen and brian, this hearing on worldwide threats before the senate raised from al-qaida 2.0 to the

possible transfer of guantanamo detainees to the taliban to one of the most serious issues facing the white house. iran dominated the hearing. >> sanctions to this point have not made any kind of difference. does anybody dispute that? >> no, sir. the sanctions as imposed so far has not caused them to change their behavior or their policy. >> in written testimony, the nation's top intelligence official said iran's alleged plot to assassinate the saudi ambassador last fall shows some of iran's leaders have changed their calculus and are more willing to conduct an attack in the united states and iran may retaliate in other ways. >> the iranians have the capability, we assess, to temporarily close the straits of hormuth. >> on the possible transfer of five guantanamo detainees as part of a confidence building measure to engage the taliban in

peace talks, lawmakers were told a 2009 review deemed the men too dangerous to leave the detention camp. >> did the intelligence community concur these five detainees were too dangerous to transfer? >> i don't think anyone in the administration harbors may illusions about the potential here. >> critics of the administration say the white house is putting the cart before the horse. prisoner swaps are usually dealt with after the peace terms are settled and given that the u.s. wants to be out of afghanistan by 2014, the taliban is no hurry to negotiate. they know the u.s. position may get weaker over time. on cyber security, criticism from a leading democrat. >> who is going to start paying attention to this. >> the white house coordinator for it who is orchestrating this across the board. >> we have made no progress and that is embarrassing in view of what you and your predecessors have said about the nature of the threat. >> i do not think today is necessarily number one threat but it will be tomorrow. >> in the past, usama bin laden and the al-qaida leadership have dominated the hearing but no

longer. >> we face a more diffused and decentralized threat from al-qaida's affiliates in yemen, somalia as well as the threat from lone actors in the united states. >> the chair of the senate intelligence committee warned that the al-qaida affiliate in north africa is in a good position to take advantage of the instability created after the arab spring. steve, gretchen and brian, back to you. >> thank you very much. coming up on our show, a fight over common sense. should atheists be allowed to lead prayer groups? new development of that fight at a university next hour. >> plus too much of america -- to much of america he was a gangster but to her, she was just uncle al. she sets the record straight here only. [ male announcer ] juice drink too watery?

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>> he rose to infamy as the leader of the chicago mafia during the year of prohibition. >> al capone, that guy right there from the mug shots was considered charming, charitable but most of all a man capable of vicious acts and murder. >> but to our next guest, al capone was just her uncle. and family member. her new book called "uncle al capone, the untold story from his family". she talks about the softer side of the man who some consider the most notorious mobster in american history. thanks for joining us. for a while, you were embarrassed because of the last name and had no friends because of the last name. why are you embracing the last

name now? >> because no one else can tell interested people the real story about al capone except me. i, you know, was raised inside of that home. i know him very well. of all the other authors of anything that has been written about al capone, not a single one of those authors ever knew him. and i need to correct one thing that you said when i was coming on, al capone was not part of the mafia. the mafia is an organization where you need to be sicilian to be part of it and my family is not civilian so they were never part of the mafia. what he did is he ran an organization called the outfit. >> all right. he had essentially his own mob. >> correct. >> i understand you -- he died on your 7th birthday. >> correct. >> you heard from your family throughout your life what he did but did you ever know that he was out there and he was responsible for the deaths of a bunch of people?

>> not really. every time i would go to his miami home or the wisconsin home or especially the chicago home, and if al was in residence at the time, there were always armed guards at the front and back doors so even as a little girl, you know, you knew that something was up. and for your listeners, what i try to do is i try to equate that decade of our history in the united states to the wild west. in the wild west, if you stole somebody's women, there was a price to pay. and two cowboys would, you know, line up on either end of the street and, you know, first one shot died. so that's -- that's what it was. back in those days, there was honor among thieves. people got into the business of providing what the people wanted. remember this is prohibition.

and people didn't like prohibition. it was the roaring 20's. women were bobbing their hair, shortening their skirts and every -- jazz was coming into being. and they wanted alcohol and quite honestly, my grandfather really ran the operation. and they ran a good business. they provided people with top quality alcohol. >> there you go. >> it wasn't going to make them blind! >> al capone, alcohol. one other thing about your book "uncle al capone" in addition to some great pictures that we're looking at right there, also you've got some recipes including the lasagna that theresa used to make that he loved so much. interesting stuff. deidra marie capone joining us today from ft. myers in florida. thank you very much for sharing some of your -- >> thank you very much for having me. >> you bet. >> my uncle al. thank you! >> straight ahead, it's a fight over common sense. should atheists be allowed to lead prayer groups. what would they say? it's happening at one university this morning. there's an update!

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about the president singing so why did newt lose so much ground? late breaking details from the exit polls only here. >> and the blows just keep coming. this one, though, delivered by michelle obama? >> jumping jacks and lunges. a little bit of everything. a little boxing. >> does the president have to worry about the boxing part? >> you know, sometimes when he sees me punching, he's kind of -- >> oh clam -- oh! >> oh, the story behind this knockout punch. "fox & friends" for this wednesday, the hour three starts right now. >> brian was just wondering whether or not this was hour two or three or four. we started early this morning,

folks. this is hour three. and look at the results! mitt romney won handily in florida, 46% to newt gingrich at 32% and trailing behind, you had rick santorum, 13%. ron paul 7%. >> uh-huh. and the critical thing for that is some of the -- newt has said in the past, you know, when you take a look at my totals and you add santorum to it, we're the true conservatives and we beat romney. that was not the case when you look at the final totes yesterday. romney actually on top of the both of them by one. when it comes to the delegate counts so far, according to "the wall street journal" this morning, mitt romney, remember, is far from over delegate wise. he's got 87. newt gingrich has got 26. rick santorum has 14 and ron paul chugging along with 11. >> there's going to be a different approach from the romney camp. they've tried this before and they've been forced to go back and gauge their republican counterpart but they're talking about the general elections so clearly mitt romney shows he can take a punch. clearly he shows that he can get off the floor and he can fight back.

but can he actually outline what would be a romney administration? he went right after president obama and compared and contrasted himself with the current president. >> three years ago this week, a newly elected president obama faced the american people and he said look, if i can't turn this economy around in three years, i'll be looking at a one term proposition and we're here to collect! >> 35 months of unemployment above 8% and under this president, more americans have lost their jobs and more home foreclosures have occurred than under the administration of any other president in history. the president actually said these words. he says let's remember now how we got here. don't worry, mr. president, we remember exactly how we got here. you won the election! >> leadership is about taking responsibility, not making excuses. in another era of crisis, thomas payne is reportedly to have said, lead, follow or get out of

the way. well, mr. president, you were elected to lead. you chose to follow. and now it's time for you to get out of the way. >> so -- >> he was fired up big time. >> he was. >> now he goes on to nevada which he won last time around beating john mccain there so he'll probably handily win there. only one debate, folks, coming up in this month of february and in the meantime, mitt romney is getting secret service protection. that status will start at some time this week. it doesn't mean he's the nominee. i think that you can request it if you are a candidate and that is where that campaign has moved now. >> right. >> he's going to come up and join us at 7:30 a.m. eastern time. just 25 minutes from now. >> yeah. coming up on saturday, you got nevada and maine and next tuesday, you have colorado and then the same tuesday will be minnesota. it's going to be quite a busy month and then there's going to be a couple of weeks off and then they're going to close with more. >> man, did a lot happen the last 10 days? remember, newt gingrich had a stunning win in south carolina. he won across all demographic

groups and it was a complete topsy turvy situation last night. drudge report says landslide recording mr. romney. it's interesting, though, when it comes to the demographics and the exit polling, when asked what's the number one quality that matters to you when deciding who to vote for, electability was number one. 45% on beating president obama. only 14% said that it really mattered to them that the person who was the nominee is a true conservative, the other thing is 71% said that advertising was a factor in the primary down in florida. clearly, that is reflective of the millions of dollars spent on negative ads. but at the same time, what about the debates? were they a factor? 86% of you say yes, the debates were a factor in my vote. >> yeah. >> and yet one of the things moving forward and this is why newt gingrich vows he's going to stay in the race because he obviously saw the exit polling, the only one in which he arguably could have won as far

as an exit poll was the conservatives, people who deem themselves to be true conservatives did not go for mitt romney so newt and for that matter, rick santorum thinks that they may still have a shot in this thing. when you think about super tuesday coming up, march 6th, it's 20th of the delegates and a lot of those states are southern states akin to south carolina. so could the same thing happen for either of those two candidates moving forward? that's why they are deciding to stay in this race. >> right. and newt gingrich went out yesterday and not only is he not conceding, he's talking about what he'll do after the inaugural ball. he has himself winning and has an agenda and why not? there's an exciting crowd around him. he's a solid second. he says finally we have a two man race. look. >> i think florida did something very important coming on top of south carolina. it is now clear that this will be a two person race between the conservative leader newt gingrich and the massachusetts moderate.

and the voters of florida really made that clear. >> and one other interesting bit of data from the exit pollings, when it comes to the voters of florida women abandoned newt by droves with the female vote. >> how does south carolina say he's my guy and florida says not a chance? >> a lot of factors happened. some people are saying it's only that that wife, ex-wife interview came out and i think that marginalizes the intelligence of women that it could be only one reason why newt gingrich would lose the vote. i think a lot of it had to do with a lot of savvy women voters watched those debates in florida. i don't think you can point to one thing. i think if newt goes back in time, and looks at the mistakes that were made, it's obviously those two debates in which he decided to sit back and not be the newt gingrich that you saw in the debates in south carolina. >> and i think one of the things we discovered after romney was

boxed in with newt winning in south carolina is he really took it to newt in the two debates in florida and he proved to a lot of people that if he were on the stage with president obama, he could do the same thing that they thought that only newt gingrich could do. meanwhile, rick santorum, so many people have said you got to get out of the race because otherwise, newt won't be the true conservative. >> and newt has said that. >> he has! echoed a similar sentiment like that. well, last night, that guy right there, rick santorum had a message for newt and that was hey, newt, you had your chance in florida. and you blew it! >> somebody who can be a conservative nominee and you know what? in florida, newt gingrich had his opportunity. he came out with a big win and a lot of money and said i'm going to be the conservative alternative and be the anti-mitt and it didn't work. he became the issue. we cannot allow our nominee to be the issue in the campaign. >> so he says he's in it to win it.

mitt romney is going to be on this program in the next half-hour so we hope you will stay with us. we've got a busy, busy hour right now ahead of us. >> for example, gretchen has put together the headlines. is that what you mean by busy? >> that's exactly what i'm talking about. >> get busy. >> let's start with the fox news alert. nine radical islamics pleading guilty early this morning to an al-qaida inspired plot to bomb the u.s. embassy in london. the men were about to stand trial in u.k. where they were arrested back in 2010. police say they were inspired by the work of a radical american cler cleric who was killed by the u.s. last september. they raided some of the suspects' homes and found a list of potential targets including the american embassy and the london stock exchange. another fox news alert for you, an 11th body found in the smoldering wreckage of this massive car wreck in florida. it's involving more than two cars and the final person identified this morning was inside a pickup truck at the center of the crash. the chain reaction accident

being blamed on a fire set nears gainesville. the smoke traveled over i-75 blocking the drivers' view of the road ahead much the arsonist has not been found. and this just in, looks like it's payback week. according to this morning's "wall street journal", the feds planning to file fraud charges against four former credit traders accused of fraud. you may remember this case from 2008. it's alleged the traders overstated the value of mortgage securities in order to boost their own bonuses even though they knew the values had dropped. first lady michelle obama on jay leno last night and she scored a real knockout punch. >> well, what is your workout? tell us about the workout. >> you know, i run. i usually start out with a three mile run and i do, you know, anything from weights to a little kick boxing. >> kick boxing. >> sometimes, i know! >> i saw you with al gore -- not al gore. >> i didn't see al gore. >> no. it looks like you got a little testy with al roker. show that footage here. >> are jumping jacks your exercise of choice?

>> you know, i do everything. i mean, jumping jacks, lunges, do a little bit of everything. a little boxing. >> does the president have to worry about the boxing part? >> you know, sometimes when he sees me punching, he kind of -- >> i didn't mean to hit him that hard. >> wow! >> poor al. he's so sweet. i don't think he knew that was coming. >> he didn't know it was coming. >> she didn't know that was coming either when she was there. very funny bit. >> can you imagine if they did use the video of al gore instead of al roker? that would have been interesting. 11 minutes after the hour. so far he's remained on the sidelines but now that the florida primaries are over, and they've been decided, will the state's governor endorse a candidate? we'll ask him. governor rick scott here live. >> and atheists lose this fight. this jesus statue gets to stay. >> thank god. [ male announcer ] juice drink too watery?

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>> he stayed on the sidelines during the primary process over in florida but now that the florida primary is done, will the state's governor rick scott back a candidate? >> let's give him the chance. joining us from tallahassee is the governor rick scott. good morning to you, sir. >> good morning. i'm going to support the republican nominee. >> why do you -- >> florida voters -- >> sure. well, the people of florida spoke last night, sir, and they said that mitt romney is the republican they'd like to see take on barack obama. are you going to support him? >> here's what i think happened. last night, florida voters voted based on their paychecks, their pocketbook. they want jobs. we've had a good year.

unemployment went down 2.1% but we need a federal partner and the florida voters said that mitt romney is the person they think is going to help get our federal economy going like we've done in florida, reduce taxes, reduce regulation. >> well, you're extremely popular amongst republicans in your state and you decided to stay on the sidelines. mitt romney with a substantial win. if you want to represent republicans in a state that you currently are in, florida, wouldn't it make sense for you to endorse mitt romney? >> you know, i think voters ought to be making these decisions. now, i think it's going to be difficult for newt because florida is a microcosm of the country. so the win was decisive last night for governor romney but it really came down to -- to who is going to help get the economy going. we -- we've done well here. we still have 92,000 people out of work so the vote last night was tied to the economy. >> speaking of the economy, 52% said that was their top issue when they went to the polls yesterday. and with the -- all the negative ads that were out there and

there were a lot on the -- from gingrich's side and there were even more from romney's, the romney side though, was, you know, they'd probably say they were pretty effective in tying the former speaker to freddie. and all the housing problems down there that you were alluding to earlier. >> i don't think the negative ads were the key. i think the debates were the key. think about it, when you go to the poll and you decide you're going to vote for, you're going to vote for somebody, not against somebody and they voted for who they believe is going to get the economy going and last night it was governor romney. i don't think the negative ads have the impact that a lot of people think they did. >> governor, you allude to the fact that your unemployment rate is 9.9% over the national average but you're down 1.2% and that is the second largest drop of any state in the country. how can you get it better? it was -- national was 8.5% and yours is 9.9%. how can you continue on that

trajectory and keep your popularity somewhat in check? >> our unemployment has gone from 12 to 9.9 and down 2.1%. highest in the country. how you do it is do what we've done in florida. we've reduced taxes. we've reduced regulation. we balance our budget. we're paying down our debt. we've got a higher credit rating than the federal government now. ours is triple a and we -- you know, individuals that run our agencies, they like businesspeople. we knew that jobs are created by the free market, by capitalism, by people building their businesses. living their version of the american dream. that's what we're doing in florida, we're going to be the place and america should be the place where people say gosh, i can do whatever i want. i can build whatever business i want here. that's what our candidate -- that's what the republican nominee should be standing for. that's what i ran on and that's what we're doing here and it's working. >> it's been all about florida for the last 10 days. great to get your point of view. governor rick scott joining us from the state capital of tallahassee. thank you, sir. >> have a great day.

>> governor, thanks. meanwhile, the p.c. police out in full force at vanderbilt university trying to let atheists run prayer groups. what would they say? a teacher and student both leading the fight. joining us next with an update. >> and lots of beauties out there. but who is the most desirable of them all? one clue. victoria's secret angels didn't make the cut. >> those are high pockets. [ male announcer ] to the 5:00 a.m. scholar. the two trains and a bus rider. the "i'll sleep when it's done" academic. for 80 years, we've been inspired by you. and we've been honored to walk with you to help you get where you want to be ♪

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>> our new so-called nondiscrimination policy threatens to destroy the integrity of each of our religious organizations. >> we can no require our leaders to be of the same basic faith of them of the group. >> with this policy, vanderbilt is going somewhere where no other university has gone before. >> what are they thinking? >> what are they thinking? >> well, a lot of people have those questions and last night, the school held a town hall on this issue and joining me now are two people who were there. carol swain, a professor at vanderbilt and a junior at vanderbilt and president of the college republicans. he helped create the video about religious freedom that you just saw. welcome to both of you. >> thank you. >> professor swain, i know you were at this event last night. and you say that something dramatic happened because they changed -- the university changed the way in which they're describing this policy and now it will be more inclusive and it will affect the greek society at school as well?

sororities? >> the university constantly shifts its explanation of its policy and for 10 months, it described the policy as an anti-discrimination policy. so we've been told repeatedly that it's an anti-discrimination policy. last night, they described it as an all compass policy. if it truly was, it would affect all the organizations on campus and it would be impossible to maintain a greek life. >> because you have to be a member of a particular sorority to be in it and if the leader of that sorority didn't have to be a member, it would be kind of a mute thing, right? >> what happens is with that policy, you have to take the people that show up and want to belong to your organization. so instead of being selective, you need to take the first 20 people that show up and i think the university is digging itself deeper and deeper into a hole

because they keep shifting the language. they held a town hall meeting in a building that would not accommodate and they would not allow the religious groups to have a spokesperson to speak for even five minutes. i raised my hand. they never called on me. and they really were very evasive with all their answers. >> i'm interested in the students' perspective. sometimes the young get a bad rap in our country that they don't care about the issues but this one seems to have gotten a lot of students active. what has been the response on campus? >> yeah, well, what we saw last night was incredible. more than 200 students were in that room and about 95% of those students were against this policy and at least that many if not more were outside who couldn't get inside because there were so many people there and the people that were there, many of them, huge number spoke up and spoke sincerely about how much religious life has meant to them at vanderbilt and how it is their anchor and to take this away really would be very

detrimental to their future and in colleges when students have a lot of different experiences, that's when religious organizations are needed the most and this policy destroys the integrity of that. >> i want to read the vanderbilt statement. the university does not seek to limit anyone's freedom to practice his or her religion. we require all registered student organizations to have our nondiscrimination policy. we are holding a town hall meeting. etc. etc. etc. professor swain, why would an atheist want to lead a prayer group? i don't get it. > >> i think there are some people on campus who believe there's no places for religious organizations and this is an opportunity for people who oppose the views of religious groups to go in, create havoc. last night, the university said well, if a leader is elected who creates a problem, the group can

dissolve and reassemble. the university is basically saying if this happens, it can destroy your group. but you can go and reassemble as a different group. it makes no sense and we're wondering why the university is doing this. is there a money trail that needs to be investigated? i would like to know. >> i don't know, maybe the fear of one lawsuit because one person was -- >> i don't think so. >> i mean, it's an interesting thing. >> they're discriminating -- >> professor, i got to go. i'm out of time. let us know if you come up with your reason of why they're doing this. carol swain, steven chow, great to see you this morning. thank you. >> thank you. >> do you have trouble sleeping? guess what, insomniacs, the health risks keep piling on. you want to hear this, an important warning for you straight ahead. many say mitt romney took florida by going negative. will he keep that up? we'll ask him when he joins us next from florida. that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm.

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i was there. meet welcome back, les. back with great weather. it's about to warm nup southern california. let's get you out, everybody. nice start to the day for us today. it's a transitional day. we're going to warm it up a couple of degrees this morning but then the heat will be on as we make our way into super bowl weekend. phillip, downtown l.a. pretty much clear, we are picking up a few clouds through the area, mid-level clouds, 50 degrees now downtown riverside, that should be 45 -- i don't know why they continue to misreport but they do, 50 oxnard, 52 santa monica, 40 burbank, long beach at 50. a little front pushing through the area as we anticipated with the ridge building in, coinciding with each other. there's the front, washing through, that's where the clouds are and it be more sunny than not so don't worry about it, then the ridge kicks in over the next couple of degrees, 68 riverside, anaheim, 67, two,

three, 4 degrees in some spots, 65 downtown, 65 high deserts, 66 north ridge, santa clarita, 66, you look great, thousand oaks coming in at 65. here is the 746 -- seven-day powered by accuweather. look at tomorrow, we start to bump it up, more on friday, saturday, sunday, promising to look nice. we'll get winds for about a day on friday, maybe late thursday, friday, saturday, sunday, we'll be stuck through the extended with high pressure spining in through the area, no shot of rain no the -- for the valleys and inland areas, 65 on average, 75 tomorrow, 78 on saturday and the weekend, sunny and warm. a quick look at the mountains, no snow in the high country but breezy for the next 72 hours, highs in the 40s. let's take a check of traffic with alysha. alysha: good morning, garth, good morning, and we did miss leslie, very much. the northern part of l.a. county through the traffic, out of the newhall pass and

through the valley, no major accidents but they are finishing some road work on that 5 between sheldon and osbourne. l.a. county is cayet. if we head to the inland empire, it's a different story, two accidents, two lanes closed with the crash, one lane still closed to the far right, the best of the -- rest of the lanes have been reopened and they are working the crash at 91 at eastbound at lincoln. if we take a look outside to boyle heights, the caltrans over the number five, over the cesar chavez, that looks great, moving in both directions. that 405, no problems to report on that southbound side from the 101 over the pass toward the 10. it's nine minutes and everybody is up to speed. back to you guys at the desk. phillip: thank you. now to a mole ration case against a former south l.a. elementary teach esh, mark berndt is set to be arraigned accused of a number of acts against hits students, including classroom bondage.

eyewitness news reporter melissa macbride is live with more on this disturbing story. >> reporter: 61-year-old mark berndt was a teacher at mira monty and is accused of acts on boys and girls that have shocked and disgusted the school community, as well as his neighbors. he allegedly sent cookies laced with semen, and a film processer discovered photos of children with berndt in a classroom, they had blindfolds on and tape on their mouth. the pictures showed girls with spoons out of their mouths containing a liquid. dna resealed it was semen. investigators found several photos when they searched his home in torrence. he was arrested on monday. a neighbor shot cell phone video of the arrest. people in the neighborhood say berndt was a loner. >> just not right in the head. just flaky.

just very nervous all the time. very nervous. can't stand still. always just like -- not like he was on drugs but it seems like something was upsetting his brain. i'm not surprised. >> reporter: the lausd fired berndt last march when it was made aware of the investigation. crisis counselors have been helping the 23 victims and their family. the sheriff's department says ten people in the photographs have not yet been identified. the school principal expresses the deepest sympathy for the victims. bendt is expected in court this morning. he's in jail, in lieu of $2.3 million bail. reporting live in south l.a., melissa macbride, "abc 7 eyewitness news". leslie: all right melissa, thank you very much for that. new details this morning about what triggered a fatal crash on the 405 freeway that backed up traffic for miles. it happened about 8:25 last night, just of santa monica boulevard.

investigators say a 56-year-old woman hit the car in front of her as traffic slowed on the busy freeway. a chevy tahoe traveling behind the woman hit her car and that woman was killed. no other injuries were reported. the collision initially shut down all southbound lanes, except the carpool lane, turning the freeway into a huge parking lot. crews reopening the interstate shortly before 1:00. the florida highway patrol says the body of an 11th victim has been found in a pickup truck, days after a deadly pileup on interstate 75. the fatal crashes happened on sunday and injured at least 18 people. fog and smoke from a brushfire reduced visibility along the stretch of highway south of gainesville. authorities say an arsonist may have started that fire. phillip: it's now time for presidential politics and the florida primary where the momentum has shifted back to roit -- mitt romney.

romney has 46 percent of the vote, newt gingrich, 32 percent, 13 percent for rick santorum and 4 percent for ron paul. after a defeat for ding -- defeat to gingrich in south carolina, romney rebounded in florida, winning all 50 delegates. romney and the superpac that supported him reportedly outspent the house speaker 4-1, both gop candidates made clear the rice for the nomination will be a long one. >> a competitive primary does not divide us, it prepares us and we will win. >> the same people who said i was dead in june and july an said i was gone after iowa, who seemed totally quiet the night of the south carolina victory are now going to be back saying what's he going to do, what's he going to do. so i want to reassure them tonight, we are going to contest every place. phillip: next up for the four candidates, caucuses in nevada which take place saturday. leslie: 400 redevelopment agencies in california will be shut down today.

governor jerry brown says he needs the redevelopment funds to help close the state's budget gap. the agencies were created to help blighted neighborhoods but lawmakers decided to eliminate them last year. the state supreme court recently upheld the decision. we're going to take a closer look at the impact of the closures will have on local communities here in southern california. that's ahead at 5:30. california will run out of cash sometime in march unless it takes swift action to find another $3.3 billion. that's the conclusion of controller john chiang. he sent the bad news to state lawmakers yesterday. many in sack minuteo thought the state had enough cash to last through the fiscal year that ends in june. chiang's letter says state tax revenues are $2.6 billion less than what governor jerry brown and state lawmakers assumed in their budget last year. phillip: also in sacramento, the assembly has passed

legislation that would ask voters to pass the three strike law, it would require a third strike to o'clock for -- to be for something serious or felonies. the bill is supported largely by democrats but passed with the bear majority needed to be sent to the senate. the republicans say the bill was watered down by a law in 1994. leslie: ri side county has reached an agreement with a contract with its largest labor union, it represents 7000 employees and the contract will save the county about $60 million. but, labor strikes continue. members of the seiu local 27 staged a one day strike yesterday. about 1000 riverside county employees including nurses walked off the job. they are expected back at work this morning. the workers are warning more strikes will come unless contract negotiations resume and are serious. >> i haven't had a pay raise in five years.

not a cost of living. not a, you know, an advancement for five years. >> the money is just not there. we need to get them to the table so they can negotiate with us in a serious level. leslie: the county board says there have been 37 negotiating sessions with the union in the past ten months. the union contends the board is stalling and not negotiating in good faith. meanwhile, kaiser permanente workers are expected to return to work today, they staged a one day walkout over contract disputes yesterday. the kaiser los angeles medical center on sunset boulevard, nurses and other kaiser employees, look to the picket lines over proposed cuts to health care and retirement benefits. kaiser officials say the union hasn't responded to their wage and benefit proposals. phillip: a major prescription drug company is recalling 1 million packets of birth control pills. we'll have the details next. leslie: there's a push online for an ethical iphone. we'll tell you about the

decision making its way around the internet. phillip and violent occupy protests in oakland. garth: good morning, everybody. i'm garth kemp. if you're traveling today, we'll have your forecast coming up. plus things are about to warm up around here. alysha: good morning, garth, good morning, everybody. there are several problems around town. we'll tep you -- help you get around. most of them are fender-benders, so looking good out there. eyewitness news will be right back. # # # e-mail us with the

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♪ [ multiple sounds making melodic tune ] ♪ [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, every innovation, every solution, leslie: welcome back to eyewitness news. let's get to garth kemp and your mega doppler live hd 7000 forecast. meet good morning, phillip, good morning, everybody. out towards the airport, not a bad start to the morning. we're almost to where we were yesterday. whenever we get an eddy kicking up we have mid, high level clouds through the area, 52 downtown, humidity, 89 percent. that's the airport, excuse me. fifty and clear into downtown los angeles, winds are calm down there, 45 riverside, that's a misprint, 46 ontario, 49 burbank, 50 oxnard, the high deserts not too bad, palmdale, good morning, 43, victorville, 45, big bear coming in at 25. if you're traveling today, chicago, a seveno 57, new

york 52, very warm, really wild, atlanta, 65, orlando -- chicago, 57 in january or february? orlando at 76, no delays. weo haven't seen -- in newark, there are traffic issues that,li means volume and they're delaying 15-30 minutes outbound out of newark. just a heads up, they'll probably make it back in flight time, seattle 46, sab -- san francisco 56, denver 50, phoenix 72, the west looks good, no delays, still a ridge trying to billion dollars and there's that front pushing through the area, the trough continue to go dig down. not a big issue, high pressure continues to build in on the back edge of this thing. if you like winter, the last two days are about as close as we're going to get to in in the next seven days, riverside, we'll bring it up a few degrees, as we make our way through the afternoon. here's your seven-day. tomorrow we'll bump it up 9 degrees, three more on friday, we'll start to get off shore winds, then look at the weekend, winds go bye

bye but temperatures go right up, another couple of degrees. we'll hang, 79, we'll flirt with the 80-degree mark saturday and sunday. for the valleys and inland areas, 65, 75 thursday, 78 friday, the canyon winds might just be skirting about advisory levels. about saturday and sunday, there's plenty of sunshine for super bowl weekend, if you have plans to do a bash u or big outdoor thing for the party, for the game, there you go, it should be nice. then of course we'll continue a little into the mountains for the next 72 hours and unfortunately no snow but gorgeous up into the high country with temperatures into the mid 40s. we'll get the overnight lows into the mid 20s, the jetstream is well to the north of us. we'll have your surf report, that's coming up in just a few minutes. let's take a check of traffic with hopefully a good morning. what's up, alysha. alysha: it's good to be hopeful, garth! good morning, everybody. this is not a good sign. we were just checking on that 405 for you, through the sepulveda pass, no

accidents reported, however, northbound side near la ciena boulevard, lights building up, a two-car crash has one lane blocked and one car facing the wrong direction in the carpool lane, so a lot of activity already. -- already. if you can be sepulveda is a great alt at that time nath, 4905 through long beach, that's a great way to go, no problems through the south 110 in los angeles. we'll keep a close eye on that. we hope the injuries are not too severe. the caltrans camera, the drive on the 10, no problems both directions, looking great east bounce and westbound. the traffic checker drive time, the 15 northbound is not affected by that accident on the southbound side at fourth street. they're still working on clearing one lane, but it's only ten minutes for now from the 91 toward the 10. back to you did the the -- at the desk. leslie: thank you very much. pfizer is recalling 1 million packets of birth control pills this morning. the company discovered a packaging error that could lead women with an inadequate dose and raise the risk that they will get

pregnant accidently. the problem affects 14 lots of lo/ovral, and 14 mots of generic norgestrel and ethinyl estradiol. >> at least 400 people were arrested in saturday night's confrontation between rock throwing demonstrators and police who responded with tear gas. "the washington post" says the oakland d.a. south the court order to prevent future violence by keeping repeat offenders out of the area. charges range from assault to a police officer and vandalism. leslie: there's an online petition encouraging apple to make an ethical iphone. we'll have the story. phillip: take a look at this. a driver opt to go cruise the median instead. find out what was going on in there. a

point to prove. >> new york and connecticut, started winning some primaries. it was still over, jimmy carter had a majority of the delegates by june. but ted kennedy then started a second campaign to unpledge the delegates. it was a terribly divisive convention and on the final night, jimmy carter couldn't even get ted kennedy to raise hands together in that victory salute. it was a disaster. >> took years to heal that rift. interesting stuff. dr. sabato, thank you very much for joining us. >> thanks so much, steve. >> all right, straight ahead,

jersey boy and comedian jay mohr getting political saying his state's governor is what the republican party needs. he won't vote for a christie ticket. we'll ask him why coming up next.

>> the answer to the question -- ellen nordegren. he is in indiana where the whole world will be focused on on sunday. >> no kidding.

he is a familiar face on the big screen and small screen. you remember jay mohr from movies like "jerry maguire." now actor and comedian is in indy for the big super bowl this weekend. >> he's in indianapolis like the winner of our trif kwa question. he's here. good morning to you. how are you? >> elan nordegren. >> you're the big winner. that's why you're in indiana. >> yes! >> that would be a big win. >> right. >> hi! >> you know what? let's talk a little politics. i can hardly wait -- >> it's like we're not here, jay. you said hi, gretchen. >> doocy is a jersey guy. are you still in jersey? >> i am. i went to your book signing over at book ends in ridgewood. >> yeah. that's why, hence, me bringing up jersey. i'm good for nothing if not a segue. >> fine. >> excellent. let's segue into politics because you are an obama guy. although you say -- you have

actually some positive words to say about -- >> whoa! whoa! i'm an -- time-out? i'm an obama guy, says who? >> says my producer's notes. says he'll vote for obama. >> your producer is fired! >> oh really? >> ok. ok. >> there you go. >> tell me something different then. >> i will vote for him this time to let him ride out his eight years because i'm a big -- i'm a big chris christie guy like you said in the intro, i love governor christie and i love what he did for the state of new jersey -- i think you need for president, for presidential matters, you need like a giuliani type. you need someone to just give the heisman and not care who they anger, giuliani, truman, nixon and christie, i think, fits that mold. people are going to get angry and he's not going to care. that whole like we got to get across the aisle. no, you don't. >> so clarify, then, why you're

going to vote for obama again. i think it's because you believe that a president needs eight years to get anything done, right? >> i would like to see, you know, what happens in eight years but also, you know, newt gingrich looks like the staypuff marshmallow man. mitt romney went to the dentist and had his whole head capped. come on. >> ok. so they don't look presidential for you, jay. jay, i got to to talk to you about something vitally important. >> thank you. he's a comedian. he's a comedian. >> what is it about and how does dijorno pizza taste? quickly. >> dijorno pizza tastes incredible and it tastes even better when you realize every time you eat it, you're with a company whose charity is the favorite of mine which is feeding america and digorno pizza is to going i have up out 500,000 meals to feeding america during the super bowl season. >> that will be terrific money

spent on something great. jay, have a great weekend there in indianapolis. we thank you, mr. jersey boy for joining us live today. >> keep your eye on gavin newsome. that's my dark horse in five years. >> still ahead, herman cain. ♪

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when you gotta get stuff done. >> gretchen: good morning, everyone. it's wednesday. february 1. i'm gretchen carlson. i hope you're going to have a great day. thank you for sharing part of it with us. mitt romney fresh off last night's win delivering another blow to newt gingrich just moments ago. >> if you're looking for someone who spent his life in washington and perhaps a big part of a think tank, a professor, we've gotten that in the presidency right now. >> gretchen: we have all the results from florida and reaction moments away. >> steve: newt gingrich throwing a one-two punch at mitt romney and president obama. >> i'm not going to compete with obama in singing because i'm not running for entertainer in chief. i'm running for president! >> steve: the former speaker not going down without a fight.

details. >> brian: no candy for you. one school says kids get too wild. it's banning sugar. >> steve: even the ones that say i love you? >> brian: i'm not sure. i can't wait to find out more because "fox & friends" starts now. >> gretchen: we've gone through four of them now, primaries and caucuses, all put together. florida was last night. it was a primary. a winner take all. 50 delegates. mitt romney comes out on top. 46% in a bit of a landslide over newt gingrich. 32% rounding out the bottom two. rick santorum 13%. ron paul at 7%. >> brian: mitt romney has gotten now 87 in terms of total delegates. but you have to keep in mind, he won just about every captain agree. for those who said, he can't get

the conservative vote, if you took newt gingrich and rick santorum's totals, they don't equal mitt romney. the one negative that i saw pop up, 40% of those surveyed said they would prefer somebody else enter the race. >> steve: right. that's troubling. but with the exit polling, what quality mattered most in deciding how you would vote, 45% said somebody who can beat president obama. only 14% said they were interested in a true conservative. but mitt romney not attacking his rivals last night. no. as he has done over the last 48 hours. instead, he's directing his attention more at the president of the united states, who he says got us into this mess. >> three years ago, this week, a newly elected president obama faced the american people and he said, look, if i can't turn this economy around in three years, i'll be looking at a one-term proposition and we're here to collect. 35 months of unemployment above 8%. under this president, more

americans have lost their jobs and more foreclosures have occurred under the administration of any other president in history. president actually said these words. he says, let's remember now how we got here. don't worry, mr. president. we remember exactly how we got here. you won the election! [ cheers and applause ] leadership is about taking responsibility. not making excuses. another era of american crisis, thomas payne is report to do have said, lead, follow, or get out of the way. well, mr. president, you were elected to lead. you chose to follow. and now it's time for you to get out of the way. >> brian: that's what he's hoping. meanwhile, the president did have to go to the general motors. he was in detroit yesterday, but i'm sure he's focused on what seems to be you can no longer say mitt romney, yeah, he won, but he doesn't have a large percentage of the vote. that's in his rearview mirror. >> gretchen: yet, newt gingrich says he will vow to keep the race going, as well as ron paul

and rick santorum. nobody planning to drop out of the race at this point in time. although last night, a lot of attention was on newt gingrich's speech because apparently he never called to congratulate mitt afterwards and he did not congratulate him during the speech at all. it was really more of a speech about having won and moving forward to get the nomination and take on president obama. he was focusing on the fact that there are 46 states to go. >> notice the number of folks are holding up a sign about 46 states to go. [ cheers and applause ] we created this in part for the elite media. the same people who said i was gone in june and july and governor an iowa, who seemed totally quiet after south carolina, are now going to be back saying, what's he going to do? what's he going to do? i want to reassure them tonight. we are going to contest every

place and we are going to win and we will be in tampa as the nominee in august. [ cheers and applause ] >> brian: what were they chanting? >> steve: newt, newt. >> brian: the one thing i thought was interesting that mitt romney said to us, and this is very rare, i thought, when he said i know there is a lot of races coming up and i'm not going to win all of them. he essentially admitted and he's trying to lower expectations that there is going to be a route, where early on, it was i'm going to win, why don't you leave? >> gretchen: that's because ron paul is doing well in maine and he needs to do well in caucus states, of which minnesota and others are coming up, as well as nevada. so he's just acknowledging the fact that the race is not over. you have to get 1144 delegates to be able to claim the nomination. >> brian: in nevada, he won last time and he got a huge mormon vote there as well.

>> steve: let's do some -- wednesday morning quarterbacking. we talked to mitt romney within the past hour. here he is right here on our program explaining why he thinks he won. >> we came down to florida and said, we're going to have good debates here. i think the debates without question were the deciding feature in the decision of the people here. they got a chance to hear my view on issues and my vision for the country at the same time i stepped up to the things the speaker was saying about me and he was unable to defend those things and as a result, people swung to my support. i was supported by conservative, tea partiers, people across the various groups in our party came to my aid. >> gretchen: interesting thing is that now you're not going to see the candidates debating this month other than one time. you might say, okay, good. but so much of the focus has been on the debates. in fact, one of the results in the exit polls from florida yesterday, it was a huge number of people that say the debates

factord into who they ultimately decided to vote for. >> steve: also as we look at the big lessons learned from florida, 92% of the ads run on the air waves down there were negative and that obviously a change in strategy by the camp romney after the defeat in south carolina. interestingly enough, we did have rick scott, the governor of the great state of florida on the program. we talked to him in the past hour about all of those negative ads and he said, you needs? i really don't think it was the negative ads. there were a lot of them. but he said it was romney's debate performance that put him over the top for so many floridians. >> gretchen: the economy factor noose that as well because that was the number one issue that voters said they had on their mind when they went in to vote. you can see it right there. this is the next poll. top candidate, quality among gop primary voters. the number one quality they were looking for yesterday was can you beat barak obama? 45% of the vote increase the exit polls said that was the most important thing.

>> brian: moral character is a distant third. >> steve: look at the bottom line. true conservative. >> gretchen: that's important, actually. >> steve: the true conservative, because we've heard so many people and, in fact, newt gingrich himself and rick santorum say we need a true conservative on the ticket. only 14% of the people who exited the polls said that was important to them. here is rick santorum, he had already moved on. he was in say g baby, last night -- vegas, baby, taking a shot. listen. >> someone who can be a conservative nominee. you know what? in florida, newt gingrich had his opportunity. came out with a big win and a lot of money. he said, i'm going to be the conservative alternative. i'm going to be the anti-mitt. and it didn't work. he became the issue. we can't allow our nominee to be the issue in the campaign. >> steve: one final thing flax fellow, as you look at the entire map of the united states of america, the most important swing state out there. now mitt romney's got that in

his column. >> gretchen: let's do some headlines now for your wednesday. beginning with a developing story. nine radical islamists pleading guilty early this morning to an al-qaeda inspired plot to bomb the u.s. embassy in london. the men were about to stand trial in the u.k. where they were arrested in 2010. police say they were inspired by the work of radical american cleric anwar al-awlaki, who was killed by the u.s. last september. officers overseas raided one of the suspect's homes and found a list of potential targets, including the american embassy and the london stock exchange. attorney general eric holder back in the fast and furious hot seat tomorrow. now facing possible contempt of congress charges. republican darryl issa, head of the house oversight and government reform committee, says he's tired of waiting for holder to comply with numerous subpoenas, for documents relate to go fast and furious. issa giving him until february 9 to turn over his records or face contempt charges. in london, wikileaks founder julian assange, he's in britain's supreme court fighting extradition to sweden.

he's accused of sexually assaulting two women there. the hearing expected to last two days. assange's lawyers are afraid if he's sent to sweden, he will then be sent to the u.s. where he could face charges for leaking thousands of classified u.s. documents that put our troops in danger. >> brian: let's say we're not, get him here and then arrest him. you want to try that? >> steve: why not. >> gretchen: talk about a birthday she'll never forget. >> dad! sap sergeant paige surprised his daughter. right on cue he enters, returning early from deployment in afghanistan. what did bailey think about her surprise? >> that's my only birthday present i wanted. just you. >> gretchen: the best part, sergeant paige was just redeployed to utah where his family is. that's good news for that family today. those are your headlines this

morning. >> brian: here we go. still ahead on this show, which is only four hours long north texas candy -- no candy for you. a school banning candy on the sweetest day of the year. what's up with that, i say casually? >> steve: mccain train pulled into our studio. hello, there. how does herman cain feel about newt's loss? he just endorsed him. we'll hear from mr. cain himself next [ male announcer ] juice drink too watery? ♪ feel the power my young friend. mmm! [ male announcer ] for excellent fruit and veggie nutrition... v8 v-fusion, also refreshing plus tea. could've had a v8.

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>> steve: mitt romney rolling to what has been described as a landslide victory in florida.

newt gingrich determined to forge ahead. >> gretchen: will newt be able to stop mitt's momentum? let's ask the man who has been on the road with the former speaker, herman cain is our guest on the coach. good morning. >> good morning. >> gretchen: first things first, i love your tie. >> thank you, gretchen. it's a different one. she threw me under the bus. >> gretchen: come on. last time you were on, you always wear a gold one. >> gretchen: i like it a lot. let's go back to your guy, newt gingrich, who did not win last night. what did he do wrong in florida? >> he got outspent. when you're being outspent five to one and with the amount of advertising that the romney campaign did, it has an impact on people. you all were talking earlier about electability. that's a word you should equate with electability. by the way, all of the observations you all have made, you're right on. all of the exit polls. but electability equals money. >> steve: we had the governor of

florida on. we asked him about all those ads. newt was vastly overspent three to one in the negative department, in the positive department as well. but he said it wasn't the negative ads. he said it was the debate performance. in the florida debates, much different than south carolina and mitt romney won those. >> he was much more impresssive in that last debate before the election day. you're right. i will acknowledge and i think newt will acknowledge that wasn't his best performance. i contend, because i've been there, that he was a little tired. you can't be on your a game if your staff is running did you -- >> brian: that's why they have vibrin. >> steve: if you would, share with us the message you sent to newt gingrich via text last night. >> my text message to newt after was, congratulations. it is now a two-man race. get some rest. give me a call. let's talk strategy. that's the message that i sent to newt gingrich. >> brian: rick santorum has a

different message. rick santorum has come forward and essentially said, not only am i not dropping out, it's clear you had your chance. after all the momentum you had in south carolina to win florida, you blew it. now get out of the way for me. >> one primary state lost does not make a campaign in. >> brian: i haven't used the word doth on the couch all day. >> you may use it. if you go all the -- let's go back to iowa. it's clear that the electorate was split. then you get to south carolina. then what happened? newt came from behind. now romney won in south carolina. i think the message is, this isn't over and all of the people have not decided yet. this still is a wide open race. >> gretchen: every state is different. the conservative vote, so much more important in south carolina. not so much important in florida, according to the exit polls. >> yes. >> gretchen: let's take an example of the national polls. newt gingrich is still on top in most national polls. that could change after florida. but let me ask but a job that

they have given you as an endorser of newt gingrich, which is to reach out to the young people, to the college campus. why is it you? >> i'll tell you what some of the college students have said. they like my personality and my sense of humor and the way i talk about the issues connects with the youth because if you talk to college students in political speak, you lose them. and one of the reasons that i did that rally at the college of charleston with steven colbert, that's where the students are. they're not going to watch the sunday morning political talk shows, so if you want to get the message there, you have to go to them because i believe that the key to victory for the republicans, whoever the nominee is, whoever the nominee is, and i'm going to support whoever the nominee is, some people have been trying to say, well, you're not going to do that. no, i'm not going to do that. five things. the base has to turn out. evangelical christians have to turn out. make sure moderates and independents connect with the message. that's how you get them. and then you've got to make sure you get the youth vote. so this is one of the reasons i'm spending time trying to do that.

and there are some disgruntled democrats who have buyer's remorse. that's how we win in november. >> steve: some people are shopping around. we're so delighted you would make our curvy couch a stop on the cain train. >> yes, 'cause the cain train is still on the move. [ laughter ] >> brian: and running on time. >> yes, sir. >> steve: thank you. >> thank you. >> gretchen: coming up, people have been buzz being it for months and finally we're getting our first look at julianne moore playing sarah palin. >> seriously consider the governor of alaska, we have to call her now. >> gretchen: sneak peek and herman cain is giving his review. it's the movie called "game change." we'll give that you straight ahead. >> steve: you're about to be blinded by science. bill nie, the science guy, is here with an experiment that is out of this world. parents, don't put the kids on the bus yet. >> brian: drive them yourself. save some time capital one's new cash rewards card

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>> brian: quick headlines. 11:00 o'clockth victim found in the wreckage of the car wreck in florida. the final person identified this morning was inside a pick up truck during sunday morning's crash that involved more than two dozen cars. the chain reaction accident became blamed -- was being blamed on smoke from a brush fire. officials are reviewing why the highway patrol reopened the road under those conditions. former oregon state senator suzanne winning the special election to replace disgraced democratic congressman david woo. you'll recall that he left because of dressing like a tiger. accused of force attention himself on a young woman.

that didn't help. gretchen, steve? >> gretchen: he made a name for himself by making math and science fun for kids. now 20 years later, bill nye, the science guy, has no plans of slowing down. >> steve: here to celebrate his 20th anniversary and a show that's a few things about spotting other planets is bill nye, the science and space guy. good morning to you. >> well said. >> gretchen: good morning. all right. so you're talking about science today. we obvious israeli a prop for you. >> so this is the kickoff of the toshiba explorea vision and the planetary society's effort to get people involved in the competition and i now have a day job which i can tell you cut noose your time. i am the ceo of the planetary society, this organization started by a guy you may remember, carl sagan.

now since uncle bill is here action now we have a kid section. so one of the questions is, how do these people find planets orbiting distant, distant stars? you can't see the planet. so you build one of these. we'll give you instructions in the magazine. what you detect is not the planet itself, but that slight wobble. >> gretchen: what does that mean? >> when you see the star wobbling with your extraordinary telescope, the only reason it could be wobbling is because the center of mass of the planet-sun system is making the thing shake like a hula dancer inform wait a second. i thought it was shaking because of the elastic band you had right there. that's a practical reason. but it actually shakes or wobbles in nature? >> yeah. they do, yes. so our sun wobbles a little bit on account of the gravity of the planets in orbit around it. >> steve: interesting. >> so the distant suns have the same feature. so when i was young, there was a

lot of speculation, are there planets around every star? who know as soon as there might be. you remember the drake equation? there is only -- maybe there is a planet around every 100,000 stars. no, there is planets around every star, or almost every star, apparently. we detect them by looking -- so there is a whole bunch of motions. there is mutation. there is -- what would that be? not presession. back and forthness. watusi. the real thing you can look for with a telescope with our current level of technology is that white ball slightly moving back and forth. >> gretchen: you've been instrumental in getting kids and keeping kids interested in science. i have little kids at home and they're so interested in coming moment talking about the stars examine moon and what they learned in school. but then we lose a lot of those kids. we're losing science technology to all these other countries. what's happening? >> if you're asking me and i got

the impression you were. >> gretchen: i am. >> we, it, somebody needs to invest in this. the other big thing we need to -- this sounds strange. another thing we need to invest in is algebra. apparently it's this turning point. if you don't embrace algebra, then you have trouble or reluctant to think abstractly about a whole bunch of things. so the planetary site, 31 years old, with the help of toshiba and the national science teachers association, is co-sponsoring exploreavision, this competition that gets kids excited about math and science. check out exploreavision.com. check out toshiba innovations. submit your -- now it's time to vote. vote for your question and we will answer it on video. today i will be in times square with the kuky videos. >> steve: fantastic. >> nothing but fun. it's about to see everybody. my sense is it's time to wrap. dare i say it?

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for those of us who are height challenged, when you go to the nasdaq and you stand to ring the bell, you need several apple boxes to stand on, otherwise you don't even see the top of your nose. >> brian: i do remember i was -- i wasn't here. you were here at the very beginning. >> steve: yep. >> brian: i remember at number one, msnbc and we launched at the exact time and i remember thinking, why can't they get on in new york? no one was carrying them. rudy guiliani tried to get us on in new york. it didn't work out. next thing you know, within a few short years. >> steve: could it possibly have had something to do with that the cable company in new york was time warner and it was warn that are owned cnn? do you think a could have had something to do with it at the time. >> gretchen: probably. >> brian: you're way off base. >> steve: of course it all got started with roger. he had this great idea and now it's history. fastest growing, best channel news wise in history across all of newsland. but also we got to thank you because if we didn't have you tuning in each and every morning, you know what?

we wouldn't be number one. so we thank you, the viewers, for making us number one for ten years. that's really something. >> brian: if you weren't watching every day, we wouldn't be here. >> gretchen: that's true. >> brian: the couch would be. >> gretchen: this couch could endure anything, trust me. it already has. >> steve: 15 years ago, the studio we're in used to be a labels for less dress store. >> brian: right. by the way, it's still a discount if you want to come in here. and the original studio we were in was a sam goody. >> steve: that's right. where bill o'reilly is right now. >> brian: where i got my bobby sherman records. >> steve: really? i thought you got columbia recording. >> brian: i wasn't allowed to stick that penny on the envelope and send it in. my brother did that and we got 8 track tapes for 25 years. >> gretchen: that was a little bit of a scam. another very popular show, "american idol" on fox broadcast network. newt says he's not going to audition for "american idol." newt gingrich says he does not want to be the president that's

known for singing like our current president who did a good job al green tune. ♪ i'm so in love with you >> steve: by the way, his wife, michelle obama, told jay leno last night that the president sings all the time. apparently so does mitt romney, who burst into song two nights ago down at the villages. ♪ oh, beautiful for spacious skies ♪ ♪ for amber waves of grain ♪ for purple mountains majesty ♪ above the fruited plains america ♪ >> gretchen: all right. so as i said to you earlier, newt gingrich says he's not going to get in on the singing competition. here is his response. >> i would say to him now, mr. president, you can not sing your way past a disaster of your

presidency. i'm not going to compete with obama in singing because i'm not running for entertainer in chief. i'm running for president! >> steve: that's actually kind of what he told us yesterday when we asked him about singing on our program to respond to mr. romney down there at the villages. mitt romney was on this program just about an hour ago and we brought up the fact that he was singing "america the beautiful" a couple of days ago and now that he's won florida, what song would he feel like singing today? [ laughter ] "happy days are here again," i guess. i'm not sure. >> brian: i think that's reflective of the fact that it looks so grim after south carolina. all the hope, all the promise and a double digit loss to south carolina. you know the school of thought, if you win south carolina, you get the nomination, you don't win, you won't. now we can throw that out the window because gretchen, as you started four hours ago, you pointed out that this is the first time that a nominee has won south carolina and then lost in florida.

>> gretchen: there is a lot of firsts in this election cycle, which is one of the reasons a lot of people aren't endorsing, 'cause they don't want to be caught in that ebb and flow of the candidates, going down to the wrong guy or the wrong gal. now headlines at 8:37 eastern time. >> steve: you know what? it looks like it's pay back week, according to this morning's "wall street journal." the feds planning to file fraud charges against four former credit suisse traders, accused of fraud. you may remember this case from back in 2008. it's alleged the traders overstated the value of mortgage securities in order to boost their own bonuses, even though they knew the values had dropped. now they're in trouble. >> gretchen: pay attention to this because there is a massive birth control recall to tell you about this morning. pfizer says about 1 million packets of its pills may not have enough contraceptive to prevent pregnancy. that's problem. this involves low overall, 28 tablets, as well as norgesterol

and others. the affected packkaties have july 31, 2013. >> brian: it's been eagerly anticipated for months. now we're getting a sneak peek at hbo's "game change," sarah palin's story about her run for the vice president. >> how else do you think a man who had no major life accomplishments is beating an american hero? create dynamic in this campaign, we're dead. if you are going to seriously consider the governor of alaska, you have to call her now. >> this thank is sarah. >> brian: the promos look sensational. i don't think it could be a positive portrayal when you have two democrats play to go key republican, although they look the part. one looks like steve schmidt,

and john mccain. that's right on. >> steve: stand by for that. it may be the sweetest day of the year, but leave the candy at home, kids, sorry. the principal at a school in massachusetts banning candy from the classrooms on valentine's day. he says last year, the sugar made students just a little too hyper. other gifts like bookmarks or a card okay. >> brian: you can use bookmarks? >> steve: or a card. oh, great. some parents say the school is simply overstepping its authority in history. >> some of these schools take it way too far. a lot of the stuff, the religious aspect, now candy. next thing you know, they're going to be sending kids to school in snow suits in may. >> steve: all right. the principal says no candy rule follows the school's emphasis on healthy eating. candy apparently not part of it. >> gretchen: that's so crazy! one day of the year, my daughter's preschool did the same thing. you know what? that's so crazy.

she had made all her valentine's early and brought them to the school and they denied her being able to pass them out. >> brian: because? >> gretchen: because you couldn't bring cards anymore and couldn't bring candy on valentine's day because it all goes back to being a religious holiday. so it has to do with healthy eating and some schools have a problem with it being religious. >> brian: one thing they brought up bookmarks. the one thing sad about the advent of nook and kindle, bookmarks are really history. they'll be the relics of the past. >> gretchen: my kids still bring them home every day. >> brian: they bring bookmarks home? >> gretchen: maybe because they don't have a kindle. >> brian: there is some hope. here is to you, bookmark makers. >> steve: suddenly it became a bud lite ad. 20 minutes before the top of the hour. new mandate requiring all employers cover birth control. is president obama dangerously close to losing the catholic vote? peter johnson, jr. here next with his take. >> gretchen: and mitt romney says newt gingrich is not a true

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>> steve: catholic leaders across this country up in arms over president obama's health care mandate requiring all religious organizations to cover birth control for their employees. our own ed henry asked white house spokesperson jay carney about their controversial decision. >> how is it the administration justify having the federal government institute a law that basically forces people to

violate their religious beliefs? >> the administration believes that it strikes the appropriate balance between respecting religious beliefs and increasing access to important preventive services. we will continue to work closely with religious groups during this transitional period to discuss their concerns. >> steve: well, they are concerned. but will the white house's health care mandate cost president obama the catholic vote, which he won last time? joining us now, peter johnson, jr. >> how are you? you know, the white house press secretary talks about a balance. there is no balance. it's zero for religious liberty. 100% for pure political calculation to drive up the democratic base for an election in 2012. what's happened here is that there has been an edict through the white house that says to the catholic church and to others, listen, we're really not concerned about your religious belief. we'll give you another year to get in line. you get in line by august 2013

and you provide sterilization. you provide abortive fashions. meaning drugs like morning after pills that many in the catholic faith believe kill the fetus. and so the catholic faith says, as a matter of teaching and faith, as a matter of dogma, we can't accept this. you can't ask us to choose between adherence to an unconstitutional, illegal law and our obedience to god. and the white house said, well, you know, we'll work out the balance. well, there is no balance. and i believe it's a stark constitutional violation and it's going to be played out in courts. >> steve: peter, it's interesting because there is a liberal columnist in the "washington post" by the name of e.j. deion. what he said is that the white house is utterly botched this, quote. he says the issue, quote, is -- they have thrown the progressive catholic allies under the bus because if you are a catholic, you don't believe in the morning after pill and you don't believe

in contraceptive and all this stuff. and for the administration to ram it down their throat, you've got to do it, they're saying, it's either my way or the highway. >> clearly this will affect the catholic vote. obama won the catholic vote in 2008. they think it's very difficult. what you're going to see now, you heard this from bishops in phoenix, in green bay n cincinnati, and archbishop dolen in new york, let's hear what he had to say in terms of speaking out against this provision. >> steve: all right. >> this shouldn't happen in a land where free exercise of religion ranks first in the bill of rights. how about letting our elected leaders know that we want religious liberty and rights of conscience restored? and the administration's mandate rescinded. >> senator rubio has a bill to stop this. we're going to see now whether the protection of religious liberty is really a sack crow sank liberal civil right and whether those on the left will protect civil disobedience for religious liberty in the same way they protected for for other

causes that they find to be more pallettable. let's see civil disobedience now in america. it will be interesting inform that is interesting. thank you very much. all right. 12 minutes before the top of the hour. ronald reagan was standing by in newt's florida headquarters last night. see him up against the wall. but is newt really the true reagan conservative? ronald reagan's son is here next. right now, let's figure out what happens in 12 minutes on the channel. that woman who had exit poll data last night, martha mccal lull. >> good morning, steve. good to see you. good morning, everybody. mitt romney heads to minnesota today and gingrich is fighting to get back on course in that state. so who better to talk to than michelle bachman. she'll join us this morning. we'll find out if she'll endorse anybody ahead of tuesday's contest. ed rollins is here. their mother was brutally murdered and now sources say a

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>> gretchen: one of the biggest debate this is primary season is who is the true reagan conservative? often considered the standard bearer among republicans. newt gingrich says that it's him. but mitt romney supporters suggest that newt is overblowing his reagan credentials. >> from the beginning -- >> i worked with president ronald reagan. ronald reagan. reagan. >> gingrich exaggerate, dropping reagan's name 50 times. in his diaries, reagan mentioned

gingrich only once. he said newt's ideas would cripple our defense program. reagan rejected newt's ideas on leadership and character, gingrich is no ronald reagan. >> gretchen: look who was in newt's florida headquarters last night. there is a cutout of president ronald reagan. let's end this debate and go right to the closest source. president reagan's son, michael reagan joins me right now. good morning to you, michael. >> good morning, gretchen. >> gretchen: what do you make of the critics who say that newt gingrich does not espouse the values and policies of your father? >> well, there is probably some of those critics don't thing ronald reagan espoused the qualities of ronald reagan at the time. it's really interesting to watch this. newt, yes, using my father's name. they all use my father's name. barak obama uses my father's name. but newt gingrich is right when he says he worked with my father back during the 1980s, the reagan revolution, which changed everything in washington, d.c., gave us a great economy, lowered

taxes. when he got into the 1990s he was the only republican i know of that helped take over the congress of the united states, first time in over 40 years. the republicans, in fact, took control of the congress of the united states, worked with bill clinton. and as i go around, i know everybody else does, too, they're saying they're really tired of washington, just this in fighting between the democrats and republicans. and newt gingrich is the only one i know that's actually worked with the other side of the aisle to get things done, to balance the budget, to reform welfare. and what have you. the exact same ideas, and ideals that my father had when he was governor of california and also president of the united states of america. >> gretchen: that's one of the reasons why you have decided to endorse newt gingrich. what do you make of what happened last night? did those negative ads play into newt gingrich's loss or was it more his debate performances? >> i think his debate performance was not up to par, absolutely. i think everybody knows that. they know that. but outspent five to one down

there in florida, it's not easy to overcome that kind of a difference in cost and spending. $15 million spent in these ads, super pac ads again newt. you might remember a couple of days before that, the south carolina, newt won that. it's interesting, back then when newt won south carolina, nobody was asking mitt romney if he was drag to drop out the next day because he got beat by newt. so they go on to nevada and missouri and minnesota and all these other programs, but i will tell you that i believe the process has really made these candidates better candidates to fight off barak obama in the november election. >> gretchen: interesting to hear that 'cause some people think it has weakened them. another interesting thing to point out is that right now, newt gingrich still atop every national poll. that could change after the results in florida. so stay tuned for that. i want to get your thoughts on something he said last night. he said that he's going to be talking about the power of ideas and that would propel him to the white house.

he suggested that he has a new manifesto up his sleeve. what is it? >> well, i hope it's a new manifesto, that's what it is. i've been talking to newt. really, i think america is really looking for that person who is going to -- like ronald reagan told us what the city on the hill looked like to him, newt gingrich needs to tell the country what that city on the hill looks like to him and make it gingrich's city on the hill. not ronald reagan's city on the hill. i think the party needs to look past ronald reagan and look for that next great leader and remember, we had ronald reagan in our lifetime. feel lucky that we had my father. but learn from my father. don't, in fact, try to be my father. be yourself, but learn from what ronald reagan gave us. >> gretchen: good advice. maybe he's listening. michael reagan, great to talk to you this morning. thanks so much. >> thank you. >> gretchen: more "fox & friends" two minutes away it's g. honey, i love you... oh my gosh, oh my gosh..

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